No country for old men; Great Flick!

[TerryBPP]

Saw this at a independent theater in NC. Great movie!!!!! The characters were excellently played. The psycho is perfectly creepy.

Highly recommended.

[legion]

Can you give a quick plot outline? I have no idea what the movie is about.

[nostatic]

drug deal goes bad in the desert. nice guy finds the carnage and a bunch of money. Takes the money. Ends up getting entangled in the mess. Has guys trying to find him, mostly a very bad mofo. Lots of people die during the course of things. The sheriff is trying to find them. Lots of blood.

In some ways typical Coen Brothers film. I liked it a lot, but most at the theater didn't like the ending.

[tcar]

Newest Coen brothers movie...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/

[legion]

Heh. Stephen Root is in it. I've never seen him pick a bad script and I've never seen him not turn in a stellar performance. That alone is enough to make me want to see it.

[The Gaijin]

Miller's Crossing is my favorite movie so far.. We shall see.

[TerryBPP]

What nos said. I'll add that the main villian makes the movie. Killing EVERYONE with a cattle gun. Good times!

[nostatic]

actually he also uses a silenced shotgun.

The coin toss scene in the gas station is riveting.

[Tishabet]

I really enjoyed it, though I can echo the "most at the theater didn't like the ending" statement.

The gas station scene had my heart going for sure.

[TerryBPP]

The same groan came from our audience as well. What do they know anyway.

[nostatic]

I thought the ending was damn near perfect. It fit the movie and the message. There will be multiple oscar nominations for this film, likely both Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem. Josh Brolin was very good as well.

[ewave]

I read the book, and I thought it had one of the most dissatisfying endings I've ever read... And I read a lot. In fact I disliked the book so much, I sneaked it back into the store and on the shelf so the Publisher and Author would make one less sale.

I love the Coen brothers- But they are starting with a very unpleasant story full of undesirable characters: Drug dealers, a psychotic hit man, and a washed up over the hill unhappy geriatric law officer...

[Seric]

Originally Posted by legion

Heh. Stephen Root is in it. I've never seen him pick a bad script and I've never seen him not turn in a stellar performance. That alone is enough to make me want to see it.

You got that right. +34

[Seahawk]

[QUOTE=ewave;3610682]I read the book, and I thought it had one of the most dissatisfying endings I've ever read... And I read a lot. In fact I disliked the book so much, I sneaked it back into the store and on the shelf so the Publisher and Author would make one less sale.[QUOTE]

Having read almost all Cormac McCarthy's stuff, the ending was not surprising, but I echo your disappointment.

He is an acquired taste...which may be my problem

[JCF]

Saw it.
Not the best movie I ever saw , but the best I've seen in quite a while.
Didn't think it was possible to make a movie that would make High Plains Drifter seem too sentimental. Existentialism meets the old/new west .
The Coen Bros are the best filmakers working by far.
Woody Harelson (sp ?) was great (while he lasted).

Favorite lines (not direct quotes) ;

"It's just the tide rising "
and " It's not just coming for you - that would be vanity"

[speeder]

I'm a major Coen bros. fan from the word "go", their dad was my student advisor in college and my dad invested in their first movie. (Blood Simple). "Fargo" is one of my all-time favorites.

That said, I didn't love this film. I was expecting to like it a lot more. It was of course very well-made and well-acted, but I don't think that it added anything to the big picture of American film, and that is how I judge anything other than popcorn fare these days. It was also so violent that it gave me a headache, and I have a pretty high tolerance for that stuff compared to a lot of people I know.

Javier Bardem was disturbing all right. I constantly had to remind myself while leaving the theatre that he is not like that at all in reality. He really creeped me out.

For a much better film of this genre, (IMO of course), see "A History of Violence" by Cronenberg. Much more satisfying and entertaining.

[gt350mike]

Is Tommy Lee Johns in the movie? I thought I saw a preview for the movie w/him in it.

[vash]

great! another "ticket for one". lots of good flicks out now. too bad my sig other is currently into the friggen, "coming of age films". bleech.

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by speeder

For a much better film of this genre, (IMO of course), see "A History of Violence" by Cronenberg. Much more satisfying and entertaining.

I don't agree on that one. History of Violence went a little too far for me (as did Lust, Caution). And I thought that William Hurt (and his character) was somewhat idiotic. I think that No Country is a more even film. But I'm not a huge Cronenberg fan.

[911Rob]

Hey I think I've seen this movie?

No, that was the preview.
I'm gonna see this one though.